WBLit Mag Issue 003

We are excited to put this edition of the Words Beats & Life (WBL) Lit Mag in your hands, as it represents a new era of the WBL Academy. For the first time in the Academy’s history, youth ranging from grades three through early college are all taking hip-hop arts classes during the academic year, both in person and online. On these pages, you will find poetry, visual art and student profiles, but that content is just the tip of the iceberg of what Academy students are participating in on weekday afternoons. With classes in beat production, emceeing, African drumming, step and more, our young people are given free access to a variety of hip-hop arts-based instruction from some of the most talented teaching artists in the District.